During an exchange with Sheldon Whitehouse, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, appeared to say that atheists and secular people didn't have an "equal claim" to knowing the truth.

During the second round of questions for Jeff Sessions' nomination hearing to serve as Attorney General on Tuesday, January 10, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) asked Jeff Sessions about statements he has made about secularism and climate change.

During the first day of confirmation hearings, Attorney General Nominee Jeff Sessions was asked about misstatements in his record of handling civil rights and voting rights cases by Sen. Al Franken (D-MN).